# nasa_epic

Get NASA EPIC Earth imagery.

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `nasa_epic`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server/nasa-epic

## Facts

- Tool: `nasa_epic`
- Server: UnClick (`@unclick/mcp-server`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server.md
- Install: `npx -y @unclick/mcp-server`
- Homepage: https://github.com/malamutemayhem/unclick-agent-native-endpoints.git
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 2
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `date` | string | no |  |
| `api_key` | string | no |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "nasa_epic",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why nasa_epic is rated Low

This tool retrieves or queries data (Earth imagery) without modifying, executing code, deleting data, or causing financial transactions. It has no side effects beyond data retrieval. The blast radius of misuse is minimal since it only accesses public NASA Earth observation data.

From the tool's own definition: "Tool name 'nasa_epic' and description 'Get NASA EPIC Earth imagery' indicate a retrieval operation that fetches publicly available satellite imagery data from NASA's EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) API."

Risk signals: Handles credentials or secrets (api_key)

## Use case

AI agents call nasa_epic to retrieve information from UnClick without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches UnClick:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "nasa_epic": {}
  }
}
```

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## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

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Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/io-github-malamutemayhem-unclick-mcp-server